South Bound (サウスバウンド) 16 years old

South Bound

Uehara Jiro, in the sixth year at elementary school, is from a family of five; his parents who are both ex-extremists, his elder sister and a younger sister. Children look coldly at their father, Ichiro (Toyokawa Etsushi), who does not work but is quick at lashing out for anything illogical. One day, Jiro snaps at a junior high school student in the neighborhood who ridiculed his parents and causes a violent incident. Being tired of all the fuss made by the school and the response from the child welfare, the Uehara family moves to the island of Iriomotejima, father's hometown. However, the island is in the midst of a row over a development plan to build resort facilities, and the family is sucked into the mayhem. Ichiro and his wife Sakura are arrested, but they break loose. They are forced to live a life as fugitives, and are unable to live with their children. The children, however, understand that their parents do not want to succumb to the establishment and support them.

Credits

South Bound Cast

Name Character
Yūki Amami She was 40, now 56 years old as Sakura Uehara
Etsushi Toyokawa He was 45, now 62 years old as Ichiro Uehara
Rina Matsumoto She was 14, now 30 years old as Momoko Uehara
Keiko Kitagawa She was 21, now 37 years old as Yoko Uehara
Kenichi Matsuyama He was 22, now 39 years old as Officer Niigaki
Shuto Tanabe as Jiro Uehara

South Bound Crew

Name Department
Hideo Okuda as Original Story. He was 47 (now 64) years old Writing
Yoshimitsu Morita as Director. He was 57 (61) years old when He died Directing
Yoshimitsu Morita as Adaptation. He was 57 (61) years old when He died Writing
Yoshimitsu Morita as Writer. He was 57 (61) years old when He died Writing
South Bound poster
South Bound (16 years)

  • Release day: Saturday, October 06, 2007
  • Runtime: 114 minutes